[email protected] writes: > the problem with this is that even though the data has been leaked, that > doesn't mean that it's public domain data. Hosting the data and passing it > on is (or at least has the flavor of) 'trafficing in stolden merchandise' > > What makes leaded data 'Ok' to host and pass on, but unauthorized copies > of commercial software, books, music, etc 'Piracy'?
See, I'm pretty irritated by my technical forms being overrun by discussions of the hot political item of the day. But this question is a good one... there are some layer-9 issues that can't be ignored, and the above question speaks to those layer-9 issues. I don't know if LOPSA is the place to do this, but I'm currently trying to write the legal documents (AUP and privacy/data retention policy) for my own company. Now, of course, I'll get lawyers to look over it when I'm done, but as far as I can tell, if I let them take the first go, I get something unconscionably one-sided. (one guy actually suggested I use Comcast's AUP as a starting point. I don't have a monopoly on the last mile or anything else, so I have to, you know, treat my customers like humans who have a choice.) Anyhow, I've been talking with various people, most notably with Alexis Ohanian about making some sort of vetted standard AUP and privacy policy. Maybe several, with different levels of protection, much like the 'creative commons' licenses. The idea would be that the policies would be vetted by both industry players and by consumer privacy groups, so they'd be fair, and more importantly, much like it's easy to understand what each of the creative commons licenses mean, it'd be easy to understand what each of these policies mean, because there would be public commentary, etc... Anyhow, what does LOPSA think about this? would LOPSA be interested in helping out with this sort of thing? The long term plan, of course, is to talk the EFF into stewarding the project, but I bet that will be easier as I have more people behind it (and maybe some policies.) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
